Tuesday, May 18, 2010

Following the view camera experience of a few weeks ago, I went back to the Botanical Garden to experiment with the same instructor, Laszlo Layton, on Van Dyke brown print technique. Fun, fun, fun.Kind of a similar process as for cyanotype.First you coat a watercolor paper or another sort of paper with a VanDyke solution (iron + silver) that you let dry in the dark. Then you place the objects, you chose to print, on it, expose the paper to “Arizona light” for a certain amount of time and develop it quite the classic way.

Sunday, May 16, 2010

I got caught yesterday when I was told that it was “National Chocolate Chip day!” I baked before I went verifying…Anyway these are a win win at home. What are the most popular cookies in your household?

Friday, May 14, 2010

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

As soon as you start looking on the web to try and identify a plant you find yourself drawn to differents sites, descriptions and pictures… Half an hour later you still don’t have the exact name you are looking for. So I decided to settle for a “soft stem bulrush.”